In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use--and America's response to it. In this eloquently written and powerfully argued book, H. Samy Alim and Geneva Smitherman provide new insights about President Obama and the relationship between language and race in contemporary society. Throughout, they analyze several racially loaded, cultural-linguistic controversies involving the President--from his use of Black Language and his "articulateness" to his "Race Speech," the so-called "fist-bump," and his relationship to Hip Hop Culture.
In January 2009, a new American president moved into the White House. But who is Barack Obama? What do we know about his family and his early life? Why did he want to be a politician? And how did he get the top job? This is his story.
The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic (Audio+epub)
In his #1 New York Times bestseller Crimes Against Liberty, David Limbaugh penned a damning indictment of President Barack Obama's misrule during his first two years in office. In this blockbuster book, Limbaugh sets his sights on the remainder of Obama's presidency, revealing the president's latest crimes against liberty. Exposing Obama's counterfeit image as a champion of bipartisan compromise, Limbaugh relates in shocking detail how the president resorts to class-warfare demagoguery to advance a stunningly ideological agenda.
Barack Obama: the President's Inaugural Address (Trantscript+Audio+VDO)
At 12:00 noon on Inauguration Day 2009 (Tuesday, January 20, 2009 -- the date and time are defined by the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution), Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation's first African-American president. Read, listen and watch Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.
On January 20th 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African-American to be president of one of the most powerful countries in the world.
Read about Barack Obama’s life before he became President – his early years in Hawaii and Indonesia, his Kenyan and his American roots, and his decision to run for President.
